Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d01ab5a09ae7d231…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 54d5f73fe6c750ea5a2a87c7d3f17136 SHA-1: 60b11a03177c17010c135bab5ba5ed6edc788252 SHA-256: d01ab5a09ae7d2319a552e83ba71ccdfbab29d7f418051850cc8e2a7187c8cff
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94) strongly suggests this JavaScript is malicious, likely exploiting a vulnerability to download and execute a secondary payload. The file's metadata indicates it was created using Acrobat PDFMaker, a common tool for generating PDFs from other Office documents, which can sometimes be abused for malicious purposes.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
02b2576dd153fae976977479c06bb837ffcdbdf2787d1d45cb49b0642253bd7d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45564 bytes